By JUDY COOLS mcp blogger This world where we live isn’t simply black-and-white, right and wrong, good and bad. Yet some will try to stamp every decision we make as either Divine Perfection or Mortal Failure. Open up, people, and embrace the in-betweens! Life is a process. It’s full of shifting priorities, vanishing opportunities, and time –…
By ANN GENSON mcp arts blogger Speaking of the arts… Summer’s here! April Fool’s! Oh wait…it isn’t even April 1 yet! So, although it feels like we have already entered west Michigan’s favorite season, we are just a day or two into spring. And spring always brings back memories of the spring musicals we would produce…
Editor’s Note: Last night Mason County Press reported that Sheriff Jeff Fiers had announced he will seek re-election, switching parties from Democrat to Republican. This morning, we have received a response from Fiers’ opponent, Sheriff Sgt. Kim Cole. Because Cole’s response is in the form of an editorial letter, we thought it would be fair to run Fiers’ letter…
By ROB ALWAY Editor-in-Chief Mason County Sheriff Jeff Fiers has announced he is going to seek re-election this year, switching parties from Democrat to Republican. The switch in affiliation means Fiers will run against Kim Cole during the Aug. 9 primary rather than the November general election. At this time Fiers and Cole are the only two candidates for…
GET OFF THE COUCH — EXPLORE MICHIGAN By JOAN H. YOUNG mcp outdoors blogger Just south of Manistee is a small natural area managed by Filer Township that offers a great variety of options in a compact space. At Magoon Creek, you can picnic, hike, view Lake Michigan from a high bluff, or access the beach with a short walk.…
FULL CIRCLE By THAD RAY mcp blogger “I got a pocket full of quarters and I’m headed to the arcade…” is how the song Pac-Man Fever starts out. Other than the chorus, the first line is about the only one I can remember from the song. If you had asked me in 1982 when the song came out…
THE KITCHEN SINK By STEPHANIE WAGNER mcp blogger I have been doing some spring cleaning around my house. With the windows open and the sunlight streaming in, I am motivated to dump the drudgery of winter that has accumulated in closets, drawers, and cabinets. The brilliance of sunlight does a marvelous job of highlighting the dust-bunnies and…
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Firefighters Brett Mcvicker and Chelsea Orcutt prepare an ATV during a brush fire in Custer Township earlier this afternoon. Crews are still on the multi-acre scene, located between Stephens, Reek, Johnson and Hansen roads. The fire appeared to have started by a homeowner who was burning garbage, though winds were gusting up to 30 mph. It swept from an area near…
B-Flat By BRUCE MILLER mcp blogger About a half mile west of Amber Road on the north side of U.S. 10 was Zack’s Restaurant. Back in the early ’70s, the local people all called it Farrel’s. Apparently, that was the name of the former business there. Being a newby, I called it Zack’s. A lot of people called it…
Robert A. Conrad passed away March 18, 2012 at his home in Amber Township. He was born March 9, 1921 in Mason County to Archie and Mildred (Cameron) Conrad. Bob graduated from Scottville High School and later attended Michigan State University. He enlisted in the Army during WWII, taking part in the Battle of the Bulge. After returning from the…
Florence E. Fuller, aged 95 of Ruby Creek, Branch, passed away on March 15, 2012. Florence was born on August 13, 1916 in Ruby Creek, the 3rd of 12 children of Grove and Estella (Augustine) Taylor, and attended Ruby Creek and Carr schools. On November 22, 1934, she married Jasper Fuller in Scottville, and they celebrated 66 years working side by side together…
A photograph of this morning’s sunrise, taken on Gordon Road between First Street and Conrad Road in Amber Township.
Valory McClellan of Riverton Township created the design for this year’s Ludington Lake Jump which benefits the Ludington Area Center for the Arts. Valory submitted the design as part of an informal contest for students in area schools. In exchange for creating the winning design, Valory received a $25 gift certificate to Todd and Brad Reed Photography Gallery and a…
HOME TIPS By MIKE ROBERSON mcp blogger We have all heard more than a few horror stories about someone’s bad home purchase which could be referred to as “the house from hell,” or “the money pit.” Most of us have seen too many episodes of “House Hunters” on HGTV, or even “Holmes on Homes” where Mike Holmes…
CONNECTING THE DOTS By ERIN OUTCALT mcp blogger This week I anxiously look forward to celebrating my 28th birthday! Ok, I’m a big fat liar. I’m looking forward to celebrating my 38th birthday… kind of. I realize that age is just a number and that you are only as old as you feel but there is still…
GET OFF THE COUCH — EXPLORE MICHIGAN By JOAN H. YOUNG mcp blogger We’ve had our first taste of really nice weather this week, and as I write this column, I’m thinking I might take the bike out for its first spin of the year this afternoon. I’ll probably just ride some back roads near home, but that…
They say it takes a village to raise a child. I am a true example of this saying. My parents divorced when I was very young and as many children do I lived with my mother and visited my father. This left my mother in the difficult position of being a single parent. My mother took her role of being…
Click on the above poster to see the trailer for “Mickey Matson and the Copperhead Conspiracy,” filmed almost exclusively in Mason and Manistee counties, written and directed by Scottville’s own Harold Cronk of 10 West Studios, Manistee.
Bonnie Chaltron Harris of Custer submitted this photograph. Bonnie works at West Shore Community College and has been working on a blog where she creates a picture every day this year. She’s calling it her “365 Project.” “One of my goals for the project is to photograph ‘every day life’ around me,” Bonnie said. “This image falls into…
By ROB ALWAY mcp editor The Mason County Board of Commissioners made the right choice earlier this week when it agreed to keep 4-H and the Michigan State University Extension office in downtown Scottville. For many years the extension office was located in what is commonly called the old bank building at southwest corner of State and Main streets.…
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